Dracula (1931-1948) / The Mummy (1932-1955) (Complete Legacy Collections)

[G. Costanz]

"The Mummy films are all new 4K remasters" according to a respected and knowledgeable member of the Monster Kid Classic Horror Film Forum

http://monsterkidclassichorrorforum....1#.WKzNdznLpgE

[javi92]

Pretty sweet announcement for a Tuesday in February.

[Rich65]

Totally agree. Day one for both.

[Midnight Rambler]

For some reason the heads on the two cover art subjects look out of whack ?

Esp. the Mummy, the neck is too long and the head too small in comparison to the rest of the body. And Bela barely looks like Bela ...

[crissrudd4554]

Originally Posted by Midnight Rambler

For some reason the heads on the two cover art subjects look out of whack ?

Esp. the Mummy, the neck is too long and the head too small in comparison to the rest of the body. And Bela barely looks like Bela ...

Some of these new Legacy covers composite together different images of the same character regardless of actor. The FRANKENSTEIN cover had Karloff's head but the rest of him or at least his hands were from a still of Chaney Jr from GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN. The WOLF MAN cover had Chaney's head from the original film composited into an image of him from FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLF MAN. The MUMMY cover looks like it's Karloff's upper body half while the torso looks to be Chaney's from one of the sequels.

[James_Younger_Gang]

I already own the frankenstein legacy set. I am thinking of getting the mummy legacy collection. I noticedthat the dracula set has most of the films available on the frankenstein set. Are son of dracula and dracula's daughter worth buying the set with the repeat movies?

[Midnight Rambler]

Originally Posted by crissrudd4554

Some of these new Legacy covers composite together different images of the same character regardless of actor. The FRANKENSTEIN cover had Karloff's head but the rest of him or at least his hands were from a still of Chaney Jr from GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN. The WOLF MAN cover had Chaney's head from the original film composited into an image of him from FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLF MAN. The MUMMY cover looks like it's Karloff's upper body half while the torso looks to be Chaney's from one of the sequels.

Nice detective work ! I had suspected some digital manipulation was at play but not to the extent which you have found. Dracula looks more like Martin Landau than like Bela ... hmmm, coincidence ?

[Midnight Rambler]

Originally Posted by James_Younger_Gang

Are son of dracula and dracula's daughter worth buying the set with the repeat movies?

Yes if they are remastered; otherwise no, esp. if you already own them on DVD.

[SethRex]

I have the Mummy collection on DVD, but may have to upgrade for this one.

[evilive]

So glad to hear this news. Those mummy flicks are a hoot!

[crissrudd4554]

If Dracula's Daughter is a new remaster I'm curious which opening credit sequence will be used.

https://vimeo.com/182955829

[JackKnightStarman]

Soooo ready for these...love the quality of the previous releases...

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[Rory]

Originally Posted by G. Costanz

"The Mummy films are all new 4K remasters" according to a respected and knowledgeable member of the Monster Kid Classic Horror Film Forum

http://monsterkidclassichorrorforum....1#.WKzNdznLpgE

Excellent news.

[Swissangel4616]

I was wondering about too.. no "spanish" Dracula Version with Lupita Tovar who passed aways not that Long ago? Prefer also the "spanish" Version over the "english" spoken one (sorry Bela)

[TravelNurseRN]

For the Creature films, theres only 3, so I'd love to see them fillout the eventual set with The Mole People and This Island Earth, along with the 3D Creature films. I know Mole People had a Blu released in Germany a few years back.

Happy for Mummy & Dracula, now just bring on the rest!

[Tom Servo]

Hopefully a Son of Dracula stand-alone release will happen. Four of the five in that set are overlaps, and of course Dracula was in the original monsters collection. Not paying for a 6 movie box for one flick.

[Alfredlynch]

hmm.. Not too sure what to do here. I was hoping for a single release of Dracula's Daughter, which I enjoy quite a bit. I really dig Abbot and Costello and want A&C Meet the Mummy... I have Dracula and A&C Meet Frankenstein.

[ravenus]

Originally Posted by Swissangel4616

I was wondering about too.. no "spanish" Dracula Version with Lupita Tovar who passed aways not that Long ago? Prefer also the "spanish" Version over the "english" spoken one (sorry Bela)

I'm sure they'll use the same Dracula disc as for the Universal Monsters collection, which means the Spanish version will be included, it'll be listed as an extra.

[ravenus]

Originally Posted by Tom Servo

Hopefully a Son of Dracula stand-alone release will happen. Four of the five in that set are overlaps, and of course Dracula was in the original monsters collection. Not paying for a 6 movie box for one flick.

Dracula's Daughter also should be new and considering that you're likely to pay about 20$ for the whole set, you might consider that as a fair price for 2 films in new restorations.

[Rory]

Originally Posted by ravenus

Dracula's Daughter also should be new and considering that you're likely to pay about 20$ for the whole set, you might consider that as a fair price for 2 films in new restorations.

Yeah, collectors that aren't hung up on the dollars spent understand that what we're being offered is "packages" of these movies.

Those that wish Universal would just collect all these movies in one ultimate edition.... well, Universal is not ready yet to offer that package.